Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-05-28
"GOOSETOWNS' POLAKS.
THE HEBREW CITY WHICH LIES
 WITHIN THE METROPOLIS.

A Home Life That Borders on the Hor-
 ribIe-Living Upon the Cheapest and
 Poorest Food in the Msrket-The PO-
 Iak's Characteristics.
 Home life among the Polaks is a hOr-
 TOT. A family will occupy an apartment of three rooms and in the largest will board and lodge from five Co ten guests. These are supplied with heavy padded
 rOverlet for a mattress and wooden fOOtrest for bolster. The pillow is the guests coat and vest rolled up. In the morning he receives a bowl of coffee made from coffee refuse and chunk of coarse rye bread. For these accOmmOda- tiOns he pays $l week. If he desires milk. sugar and butter he pays extra or supplies himself The latter course is pursued by tailOrs and cObblers. who keep these food accessories in battered tin cans or cracked jars, beneath their bolster and cOverlet.
 An aristOcratic boarding house in GOOsetOwn consists of a fiat of four rooms In one the landlords family sleep; a second is kitchen, dining room and sitting room combined; the third and fourth are guests rooms. and accOmmO-
 
 rates are e week For this sum the guest has princely bed, consisting of thin straw mattress, a coverlet and fOOtrest pillow. His breakfast is coffee and either bread or roll. His dinner. soup, boiled beef and potatoes. bread and stewed dried apples or stewed spoiled fruit. When the POlaks are new corners the rooms are generally filthy and foul smelling. When they have been here a number of years they generally learn the beauty of cleanliness and keep their apartments as neat and clean as tke average tenement householder.
 OTHER MODES OF LIVING.
 Another mode of living might be styled club life. A number of POlaks hire a room from a householder. who acts as landlord, janitOr and watchman. They supply their own sleeping cOnveniences, a second hand stove and a few kitchen utensils. When night comes each mem Der of the club cooks his meal in his own pan. The odOrs that arise from the mix | ture of fish, chicken fat, beef. goose grease, onion, garlic and Hamburger 1 cheese may be imagined but can not be I described
 In their eating the Mosaic law is obeyed l tO the very letter. The eel, clam. oyster, | scallOp, crab and lobster are anathema 1 So is the hog in every shape The taboo | extends tO any food fried in lard, to fish | chOwder in which bacon is used as a flavor, and even tO pies and pastry where lard has been used to tighten the dough. | As a substitute for lard they use chicken | fat, goose grease, beef drippings and | Oleomargarine. The last named article had grown unpopular since the best but ter substitutes contained neutral lard !"
 The foods are the cheapest and poorest that can be bought in the market. The shank and neck of the animal are favor ites. These are boiled till the bones are ready tO drop out The latter are re- | moved, cracked and thrown back into the pot. The meat is removed, put under | a heavy stone tO be compressed and al lowed to cool. When cold it becomes | solid and is cut and served in long slices. Freshness is matter of little account, cheapness is everything. Spoiled meat and putrid fish find multitudes of buyers la GOOsetOwn when offered for sale at less than cents a pound. The board Of health makes seizures of these foods every week, but the supply continues nevertheless.
 DESTRUCTIVE OF DECEECY.
 The crOwding is utterly destructive of decency and the family ties. The bOarders dress and undress before each other and before the landlords fam fly. lt is not uncommon for a half dozen families to occupy one apartment and 70 herd together. married and single young l and old. As a result vice is very preva lent. Young men learn how easy it is 10 get along alone, and start lives of de bauchery
 Cant Williams of tho Navr- NorL- r,11fco | , estimates that in the past ten years Goose town has added 2,0OO to the countless roll of lost women.
 The avarice of the POlak is monumen- -al. He will make his family herd like beasts, work with him sixteen hours of | The twenty-fOur, live upon the cheapest l tare and dress in the poorest cast of | clothing long after he has accumulated a | fortune. No greater surprise can be ex- perieuced than to see the wife and daugh- | ers of one of them issue from their vile | ! tenement on holiday. The night pre- S rIOus they were i n rags, slipshud and l 'rOwsy. Now they are attired in the heaviest Lyons silk and sparkling with ewelry and diamonds. There are prOba- ply 2.OOO wives in GOOsetOwn who own more than 5000 worth of jewelry apiece This is regarded not as a luxury or as os- culdtlpus put dS a Wise and sale invest | nent of sO much money.
 The POlak is litigiOus and vindictive. When his wrath Is once aroused he dis plays power of deviltry truly surpass- ? ng. The records of the police courts show I uch curious freaks of malice as squirt ng vitriol from hOusetOp upon linen ! hanging out Co dry, putting live eels in a ievout Jews bedroom, filling a lock and ieyhOle with tinfOil when the Occupant vas in bed, painting the head of a sleep ng foe with pitch or red paint, setting Ire tO mans apartments and having Jim arrested for arson, and issuing cards c dvertising an enemy's home as a house 4 i'll fame. Incidents like these are of aily occurrence and swell the business f the Tombs and other tribunals to A rent extent The Polak Is grateful. He remembers friend or an act of friendship through is lie He is also hOspitable. To friend r stranger who enters his gates he is ourteous and offers what he has. They re anectionate, and within their religion harlaoie.-W. E. $. Fales in Kansas ity Times.
 Washington Irving's Grave.